The Price

Shivering in silence Fading in disgrace I can not name this feeling But I can recall this place A kingdom in my nightmares A vision as I wake A broken, crying infant On the throne of my mistakes I stand outside his city On the verge of stepping through The portcullis then closes Because I’ve denied the truth Quietly I listen For the price that must be paid If I ever wish to enter I must find something to trade My sanity seems willing So I release it into night Again the vision’s singing Burning through the light This time I am crying Deep within the walls And in this empty kingdom A child mourns within his walls Shivering in silence Sat upon my throne With sanity now traded I am left to fade alone